Success

I did it! Wahoo!

The Indoorman Triathlon went over very well, considering I had an awful sleep last night. I woke up with a headache and felt unrested. However, it did not seem to effect my performance one bit. I must have had a little adrenaline on my side.

The organizers were a little unorganized...so the entire thing got off to a slow start.

My swim went fairly well - 500 metres: 11min 24sec - and I was able to keep a steady pace throughout the 10 laps. Carla passed me on her last lap, but I figured she would as she always swims faster than me. However, I wasn't the last swimmer to finish in our heat. There were still a couple others going when I finished.

Once the swim was over, Jeff(what a trooper and supporter) carted us over to the fieldhouse where the bike and run were taking place. The bikes were set up on a computrainer that was fed into a computer software program and then projected on the wall, so that we could see our progress. There was 5 of us in the first bike heat, and it was pretty cool to be able to monitor how far you had gone, how fast you were going, how fast others were going, who was in the lead, how fast you were pedaling, etc. I biked pretty hard...a lot harder than I anticipated I would. I figured at I would take it easy for the bike so as to make sure I would make it through the run without walking. But when I noticed that Carla was only 0.05km in front of me, I pushed ahead to pass and ended up holding fourth til the end. I figured I had to beat her at something, and it sure wasn't the swim, and it definitely wasn't gonna be the run. The both of us worked pretty hard, and were sweatin' like pigs once it was done. The bike was 8.05km at I finished in 18min 47sec.

We didn't have more than 5 minutes to drink some water and eat our fruit snack and we were down to the track for the run. I was hoping for at least a 10 minute rest considering I had just biked like crazy, but there was no chance of that. I guess that was good in a way, I was able to really test my endurance. I positioned myself at the back of the line, as I knew I would be the slowest, and off we were....13 laps in lane 6. I managed to finish the 3km run in 18min 16sec. The other 5 lanes were full of 'oldies' (yeah, I know that isn't politically correct...but I am not) going the opposite direction. The run was pretty unexciting. There was one girl that lapped be 4 times. She was in the bike heat with Carla and I, and she was bouncing along like a little deer on the track. I sure didn't have her energy. I, of course, was the last one to finish the run in my heat, but I managed to run (jog) the entire 13 laps. Wahoo for me!

At the end of it all I was tired..but not so much that I wanted to die or collapse. I guess I have built up a pretty good endurance.

Never in my life would I have though I would complete a triathlon, it has been fun. I even have a certificate to prove that I did..I finished 14th. There were about 24 participants, however I think my ranking is based off only the women who participated and I don't know how many there were. Ah well, it wasn't about the ranking anyways.

Apparently there is the Bridge City Duathlon coming up at the end of April. Both my girlfriends from school are entering, so it looks like I am going to join them. However, I think I will opt for the shorter Sprint Event. I just don't think my knees can take that much running.